Erma Bombeck Quotes

Real friends stab you in the front.

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Without a commitment to privacy, respect, love, friendship and trust are simply inconceivable.

If you do something with acceptance and kindness, you can create a true friendship.

What I really appreciate in my friends is that they really respect me.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

Friends accept you the way you are.

What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

True friends stab you in the front.